Win #221 Radio/creative

I listen to mostly talk radio.  I listen to Jason Ellis on Sirius Satellite radio in the afternoons and as i drive home from work.  So while this design for a T-shirt makes absolutely no sense to you it is actually in perfect context with the show. 

The show is a raunchy, no holds barred, sports infused, manly, canada loving kind of show.  I realize that it's pretty diverse just by that brief number of adjectives, jeeze.  So yeah it's basically right up my ally.  Now by Jen Code anything that I participate in in real life that involves a contest I must enter.  So when Jason had a T-shirt contest I for sure threw my hat into that ring.  I designed three but this was my favorite, it stems from a bit they had in which Jason named himself the Great Gazellis while talking about what kind of animal he'd be if he were to swap species.

So I submitted and did not win.  Then they decided to give the top 5 liked shirts on Facebook a consolation prize.  I already had a lot of likes from being one of the first submitters and one of the very select few they actually discussed on live radio.  Well I took the third spot and now eagerly await my box of shwag, will post pictures when it comes to me.  

Win #220

Winning something worth a lot of dough!

ok so that was a terrible joke but at least it lets everyone know that I am super excited to have won something so useful.  I already use natures own products in my house so the fact that I don't have to pay for them for the next few shopping trips is ahh-mazing.  Just like the ahh-mazing blog I won from!

Thank you so much to Teresa for running such a great review blog and for scoring me 10 free nature's products to feed my family!

Win #219

My kids are a marketers dream.  They see it on TV and they want it.  It might be that they watch a lot of sprout which airs a tremendous amount of "made for TV" merchandise and commercials or it might be something else but they want all the things that are advertised there, ala: Dream lites, light up pillows, cups that you shake that make ice cream and slurpees, lights you take to the potty and things you stuff crap into.  Sometimes I wish they would just ask for normal toys that don't have inflated price points and that I don't have to travel to the far reaches of Bed Bath and Beyond to find.

Well the kids saw a commercial For Bendastix and it just so happens one of my favorite blogs, Being MVP (button on the right hand side) ran a giveaway for them and i won, it softens my cruel cold heart when I get to win something that I would no doubt buy at Christmas time.  As a matter of fact one year I won almost all of my Holiday gifts.  So a huge thanks goes out to Being MVP, read her, she is awesome and enter her many giveaways too!

What could be a great win for someone!

I am running this awesome Pinterest contest through my company and someone could take home an amazing matress set of their choice!  check it out here.

Win #218

WOO to the Muther effin HOO man!  I love scoring stuff to save for Christmas, it makes me warm and fuzzy inside.  I go enter Susan's Disney family Blog's giveaway every day, she has a sweet +5 daily entry and it boosts my stats so much!  I scored this awesome Snails giveaway.  My daughter is very much into painting her nails now, we have to do it almost every other night to keep them looking up to par.  Im going to keep this and it's going right into the stocking!  Thanks again for another awesome win Susan!

Win #217, an Instant!

I haven't really had the time to play many instant win games anymore, it's too much to register and find them and I won't pay my premium subscription anymore to the website that let's me have the giant list of them.  I do however follow coupon cousins on Facebook and they have a free list of instant wins and even ist links to them so sometimes if they pop up in my feed I think, why not.

I scored today, well score something...  The instant win could be one of several prizes but they don't tell you what, you just get something in the mail.  So im on box watch for the next 10 weeks until I figure out what I won!

Win #216

I won another giveaway from Dandy!  This time I got some great labels to add to my repertoire.   I still haven't decided if I am getting new daycare labels or something like what is pictured above for myself.

Dandy is the super low entry site that I rave about, I win from them all the time, they usually don't go over 300-400 entries so it's just great odds of winning!

Win #215

A double win week from the same blog, lol!  It happens and as I said in the previous post it's all about visiting and grabbing your daily entry, it takes seconds.

I am writing a book right now, I am  on chapter 5 I think.  Obviously I need some help as the idea of maintaining a creative process long enough to get through an entire chapter usually just won't happen for me.  I am very excited to get this book care of Sweeps4bloggers so that I can get inspired!  

Thanks Val!

Win #214

My daughter loves Angelina Ballerina.  I think there's something awesome about a lot of the overseas cartoon series, we also love the wiggles and peppa pig :)

I have to thank Val at Sweeps4bloggers for yet another awesome win.  She just does tons and tons of giveaways and I love that I can go daily to get 10 extra!

Head on over and bookmark her page, you will win eventually I promise!

Holy DrySpell Batman! Win #213

I hate dryspells.  It happens from time to time, I mean you can't win them all and sometimes things get so busy you wind up not really entering so much.  I have been using my downtime and lunch hours to do massive amounts of work so that's just what happens, life.

My first win of July though happened to be confirmed yesterday!  Thanks to the Flairist for the amazing necklace!  I have won from them before, what I love about the Flairist are the great stories and articles on young working women and how to advance with class in life and the workplace.  The other thing i love is that the contest are creative, I wrote a haiku to win this one!  The last one I won was an ode to Martha Stewart, lol.

I encourage you to check them out, it is a great blog/site and they just did an upgrade and it looks great!

my haiku if you were interested:

Childhood smiles: a Haiku

Mommom’s baking bread
I got home early from school
It’s the little things

~Jen Lleras

Win #212

Another thank you needs to be sent to Funky Monkey Giveaways.  She's giving away a ton of great stuff recently and everything is low entry!  I won a super cute set of broaches and prints from Fox bear Designs!  

If you havn't already go enter all her giveaways because it's great stuff and super easy to enter.

Win #211

One of the daily blogs I visit is Susans Disney family blog.  She's got great daily picket fence entry methods that allow me to load up on entries for everything from food to clothing!  Thanks to her I score 5 free quarter pounds, a terrible prize if you're trying to eat healthy but maybe I will save these for after a nice long week at the gym when I deserve one!  Thanks Susan!  You can check out her blog from the link in this post or her button is right over there on the right.

Win #210

I was having a serious dry spell.  Hadn't won anything in quite sometime and that always gets me down, I use that as an opportunity though to contact hosts that I hadn't received prizes from and it had been over 8 weeks.  I've got one that's way unaccounted for but otherwise the things i was missing have since started floating in.

Anyways...  Thanks to the one and only Mom and More blog for hooking me up with the adorable minky cape that my daughter is going to love love love.

Have I mentioned I love low entry blog giveaways?  I didn't oh well yeah they rock and I love them all!

Win #209!

Another Sweeps for Blogger win!  I love them and it just shows that if you enter the same contests everyday or as daily as you can it does pay off.  The daily blogs I go to I win from very frequently!  I love kids DVD wins because it allows me to stock up and have new things to play in the car when we travel!  I also share them with school so when it's rainy the kids can watch a movie they have yet to see!

Thanks again to Sweeps for Bloggers for the awesome new Adventures of Bailey DVD!

Win #208!

Win #208 is another Dandy Giveaway win!  Im such a huge fan and an avid reader, I love them!  I am going to post a button they created for winners on the side bar.  I won a Jack N' Jill toothbrush set and some tooth paste, which is great because I am only a few applications away from being out of my Tom's kid tooth paste so this will be a perfect time to try them!

Thanks again Dandy!

Win #207

Im sure you're sick of hearing it but I love Funky Monkey so much!  She has the best most awesome contest and prizes and they are all low entry.

I have a bunch of preggo friends and I love to stock up for their showers and this time is no different   I have Funky Monkey to thank for the amazing Bambino Burpers I am receiving!  They look like something I am going to be saying I wish i had when my kids were younger (youngest is 2).  

So as always thanks so much to the blog and the sponsor!

Win #206

I can't seem to find the original post to share with you but I will update this when I do.  Rude Mom was kind enough to host a Jewelry Candle giveaway and scored me a bouquet of wax roses.  I chose the deep purple roses because Im a sucker and still miss my football (Go Ravens!).  I can't wait to see what they look like in person not to mention what ring I get!  Im stocked for this one for sure!

Win #205

Deal Finder Dad has literally tons of low entry giveaways for us to enter, he posts them daily and they run the gambit of DVD's, toys, food and more.  I have won from him multiple times and this time is probably the best yet!  I scored a 3 month subscription to Bulu Box!!!

Bulu Box monthly subscriptions are designed to help you feel your best. Every month, you'll get a box filled with 4 to 5 premium, curated samples from top brands. Look forward to a new mix of products for both women and men, including vitamins, weight loss, sports nutrition, protein, diet, energy, detox, digestion, sexual health, herbs, natural remedies, endurance and more. We'll make sure you get enough to decide if the product is right for you. No shipping or shady fees. Depending on your plan, you can cancel anytime. Get ready for a healthy discovery!

Deal Finder Dad thank you so much for this awesome opportunity to try out a ton of great healthy products in my spare time!

Win #204

So I guess you create your own luck sometimes.  I blogged about how I felt guilty for winning so many Dial Kids coupons and they now just keep coming.  Chalk up number 4 for the Dial Kids wins for me please.  I won this time from Adventures of Super Mom!  She has to be one of my favorites by the way, I follow her Facebook page and she has me in stitches all the time!

Im most impressed by her dedication.  Michelle blogs, Vlogs and Posts on Facebook so regularly that you'd think she was never off the computer but she manages to take care of several kids (all ages), clean house and update us all on the status of her hair every single day.

When you have a few extra minutes.  Just kidding, HOURS... Go visit Michelle and check out what an awesome Mom, wife and blogger she really is.

Oh yeah and Dial rocks.

Bissell with Fabreze Hawaiian Aloha scented Carpet Deodorizer Review

I just recently starting receiving items for review in the online community.  Obviously I read a huge amount of them given my obsession with giveaways and Mom blogs.  Bissell and Fabreze were kind enough to send me a full sized sample of the New Hawaiian Aloha Scented Carpet deodorizer to try out!

Let me start by saying that I have mostly hard wood floors, however, the one very carpeted room is my living room and the carpet gets MAJOR traffic.  80% of our family and household activities take place in our living room.  So to set up the equation for you it looks something like this:

Kids + Cats + Carpet = Stinky, Stainy and Unsightly Squared

I vacuum every other day and even then it seems like five minutes later there are Doritos or hair balls mushed into my rug.  Why do you think I chose the dark multi-colored shaggy carpet, I had stains and kid liter in mind.  

I used the carpet deodorizer and immediately I loved the scent.  My honeymoon was in Hawaii and it's no secret it's the most beautiful place in the U.S.  I sprinkled a generous amount over the whole rug and walked away to clean my bathroom while it had time to work. 

I really dig the size of the container because after one use I still felt like I had enough left for several more applications.  It vacuumed up easy and didn't put a dent in my vacuum canister at all!  My carpet looked great and I got down on my hands and knees to give her a whiff and she smelled great!  In fact a few days later I could still smell the tropical clean scent.

I don't have any complaints at all, I love honest reviews and I wish I had at least one negative to throw at you about this but it really lived up to everything it said it was going to do.  At the price of 3.49 a can it's very economical as well!

Im happy with the product and already recommended it to my Mom who has three dogs and is constantly fighting to get smells out fo the rugs in her house.

Thanks go out to Bissell and Fabreze for the sample to review.  All of the opinions are mine solely and are an honest reflection on my experience with the product listed.

Win #203

FYI we're Puerto Rican.  Which means 90% of my pantry is Goya, lol.  Seriously though my white brethren if you can't cook or need help with seasoning there is only one thing you ever need to know: Adobo.  That being said even though I am a seasoned veteren in the kitchen I still love cook books and new recipes.  Thanks to the Frugal and Fun Mom for hosting a Goya Cookbook giveaway so I could add one more to my shelf!

Win #202

So one of the main reasons I love and read Mitch over at Gay NYC Dad everyday is because his son and my son have an affinity for all the same toys.  My sons most coveted thing in his life are his legos.  Mitch does tons of lego giveaways and I want them all!  I was so sad I didn't win the lego carriers he was reviewing a few months ago but I did grab this awesome sears tower replica from the Architect lego line!

So a big thanks to Mitch and a big thanks to Lego for doing what they do best.

Win #: 201

WOO HOO, the wins just keep rolling in!  I enter Susan's Disney Family blog every single day.  She's got fantastically amazballs daily high value entries for voting for her on picket fence!  I mean come on, one click and you've got 5 more entries every single day.  No wonder I am dominating right?

Well I scored a great ORB Factory win, this one is going into my Christmas gift bin for a few months, I just love cracking it open in October and seeing what I DON'T have to buy that year.

Check out Susan's blog but try not to make more competition for me please. 

WIN #200!

DUH DUH DUH DUMMMMMMM!

NUMBER 200!

I can't believe that I have hit 200.  I wonder now how soon I will get to 300, it seems to go by so fast now.  I have to say i love my hobby, I really spend like no time entering these days and I seem to win more and more.

Thanks to The Life of Rylie (im a long time reader) for the great second place prize of a gift card to Kivelli Baby bracelets.  I told you I was stocking up on baby stuffs for my besties, this will for sure go to a great home.

Win #199

omg. omg. omg.

I won the new Lady Gaga perfume.  Im so super stocked for this to come, I hope this is a win that ships quickly because I so wanted/needed this one!

Busy Working Mama needs to get a big virtual hug from me because this was one that I wanted so bad and she hosted a giveaway for three so not only did I score a bottle but so did two others!

Thanks again, Im going to smell like a Fame Monster now!

Win #198

After a week without a win I was really kind of sad.  I felt like I lost my luck, then this weekend... Sunday actually i hit three wins in about the span of an hour!  So happy right now!

Im entering all the baby sweeps and contests again because I have several preggo friends and I want to stock up for their showers.

Win #198 come from no other than my favorite low entry giveaway blog: Dandy Giveaway.

This is a swaddle designs win, I won these same birth clothes when i was pregnant with my son, he's 4 now and I still remember them being my favorite burp clothes of all time, I handed them down to a good friend because they are so awesome!

Thanks to Dandy and thanks to Swaddle Designs as well.

Win #197

Susan's Disney Family is one of my favorite blogs.  I go everyday because she hosts TONS of giveaways, all stuff I love or would use.  ALSO she has a daily entry method (picket fence) so I can get my extra entries in each day, LOVE IT!

So thanks to Susan I was able to win a Tiny Prints prize package  I have actually won Tiny Prints before, I love them so much for children's invites and labels!

Win #196 instant win

Every once in a while I get an instant win bug.  I used to do them every single day but I got busy and lost the extra time I had so not so much anymore.  This morning I had a few extra minutes so I went to enter all of them.  I go to Coupon Cousins who have a dedicated list of all the instant wins going on.  You can find that here.

I enter the John Frieda Elite Colour instant win and scored a years subscription to ELLE magazine.  I am super excited, I cancelled all my magazine subscriptions a long time ago to save money and getting them is like Christmas!

Thanks Coupon Cousins and John Frieda!

Win #195

A big thank you to Mom Spotted, she's been on my daily read list for as long as I can remember!  She hosts tons of baby and kid giveaways and I was fortunate enough to be one of twenty winners of nuks bottles!

Thanks so much to Nuk and to Mom Spotted for this great giveaway!

in #194

Ellen Peppercorn runs the blog Thrifty and Chic Mom.  She does amazing reviews and giveaways of clothing and shoes and accessories and everything chic and Mom oriented.  I just love her to pieces.

I enter all of her giveaways in hopes of filling my closet with new clothes and shoes.  She recently did a review and giveaway from Seraphine Maternity.  I scored a $100 gift card out of it and i am super stocked,  I already picked out a swimsuit that I want!

so check out the sponsor and check out Ellen because she rocks my socks off!

Win #193

I think a few posts back i was letting you know I had winner guilt over winning from the same promotion several times.  For instance; I won two honeywell space heaters, I won two blue steal rings.  Now you can count me in for three dial kids body wash wins.  I guess again I have to let it go because its totally random and the company did completely saturate the blog market.  So if I enter 100 of these giveaways in a week there is always the possibility of winning multiple times.

So there you have it, almost to 200 and it's another dial giveaway.  Thanks to Shawnee from Adventures of a Thrify Mommy for the awesome opportunity.  Stop by and enter, she has three good ones going on right now!

Win #192 another Dandy of a Giveaway!

Dandy Giveaway is still in my top ten for best blogs to win from!  They are still ridiculously low entry, I won this time out of 150 other entries and I do multiple so I had great odds yet again.  I won a whole bath set from Daisy Natural!  I got to pick all my scents that I wanted and I am super excited, especially for the body butter, it's summer and my legs get really dry.

Thanks again to Dandy for the great giveaways, keep up the great work!

Win #191

Speaking of multiple sponsor wins I happen to score another Blue Steal giveaway!  This one comes from one of my favorites: Deal Finder Dad.  I have won from him before and he's super fast and has TONS of giveaways, I think a bunch get posted everyday, or at least that is how it seems.  Thanks to Deal Finder Dad for the awesome ring that I am anxiously awaiting!

Win #190

I won another honeywell heater giveaway!  Sometimes I feel bad when I win multiples from a sponsor that is clearly trying to saturate the market.  I know im not cheating and it's completely allowed most of the time but I still feel winners guilt sometimes.  Ok, enough of that!

I won another awesome honeywell heater from Detroit Mom & her Views, she doesn't host too many giveaways but she has great opinions and post a lot of relavant Mom stuff during the week!

Thanks Detroit Mom (Tonya)!

Win #189

I have so many good things to say about Mar at Obviously MARvelous.  She is a real down to earth chick and she and I share a love of tattoos and alternative parenting.  I really truly identify with her and she is a very sweet person, I have the pleasure of being her Facebook friend along with reading her blog regularly.  She has giveaways that are right up my ally and this one was perfect for me as I have a little wannabe super hero at my house.  He is four and I should have never let him help me customize this cape that I won for him because he has already asked me thirty times when it will be delivered.

So thanks a lot MAR!  Now I have to hear about this super hero cape for the next few weeks or until it arrives at our house, lol!  If you have time go check out Mar and enter her contest will ya!

A quadruple win weekend! Win #188

That's right, you read it correctly...  I won 4 times over the weekend!  I am feeling super duper lucky now and I get all excited and stuff when I hit a good streak like that.

My first of four wins this weekend is the Dial kids 6+ body and hair wash from "My highest Self".  Thanks to Tina for the great giveaway, it will certainly get used with two little bodies to wash at my house.

Win #187

Thanks again to the amazing Dandy Giveaways!  I have told you i struck giveaway gold, this is the best for low entries, I still don't get how they remain so low, but I am going to take advantage of them being that way while I can! I mean really  I won out of 216 other entrants and I entered using multiple methods!

I scored a $50 gift card to Blue Steel, I can't wait to go through all their jewelry and pick out something just for me.

Win #186!

A huge special thanks to NY Single Mom for hosting a slew of awesome giveaways all the time, but more importantly for the Children's Place gift card she hosted and I won!  I just got my Shoes for my son I won last week in the mail, now I can go get him a matching outfit!  I love Children's Place so much, there is one right by my office.  The have great clearance (new arrivals are kind of pricey)  and they offer a good rewards program too!  Check out her blog and enter some of her great giveaways too!

Win #185

Glorias Bits and Pieces is a new blog im reading, she is getting into some great giveaways and reviews so go check her out!  She hosted a dial children's giveaway where I was able to win and score two coupons for free dial kids products!  I have a huge stock pile of kids shampoo and bath products because I grab them when they are on clearance and I have coupons which makes them free so this will go right into there for future use, I love it!

Win #184

So I may have entered like 100 giveaways for the Hobbit on DVD/Blu Ray.  I definatly won one though!  Thanks Mint Green With Envy, a great blog that does reviews and giveaways.  I am so excited and can't wait to watch it with my hubby, he is excited too since I NEVER WIN ANYTHING FOR HIM, or so he says.

If I wind up winning ten more copies because I entered so many than it'll be a Hobbit Christmas this year, lol.

#183

Thanks to Adventures of a Thrifty Mom for hosting a very special Nickelodeon Easter DVD giveaway!  I scored four new DVD's from Nick in the Spring/Easter collection!  I already have an older Dora Easter DVD and we watched it all week in the car, this is a new one and features other episodes, Im excited to be able to share these with my kids, we also take them to school on rainy days so the kids can all view them!

Win 182!

Thanks again to one of my favorite stops everyday, that's Valeries blog Sweeps4bloggers!  I have said it before, but I will say it again: "she's got a ton of giveaways, easy entry, daily entry and sometimes low entry."  That's everything you need in an equation to equal W.I.N.

So thanks to Valerie for this multiple win of the new Lisa Loeb kids CD, we'll be jamming out together, my kids and I as always.

Win #181!

Thanks again from a good friend/blogger Michelle who runs "The Adventures of Super Mom".  I scored a great free coupon for honey bunches of oats cereal.  Anyone who has to buy cereal knows it costs an arm and a leg.  I usually wait until my grocery does buy four get them $2 a piece, then I stock up!  Michelle and Honey bunches of oats held a great giveaway and now I have a free coupon, so I can give them a try, since in my house it's usually a cereal the kids pick out.

Win 180!

I haven't really been doing instant sweeps anymore.  I just don't have the time to commit to doing them everyday.  I did catch this one from someone on Facebook and went and threw my name in the hat really quickly.  I wound up with a free skinny cow candy coupon!  I actually do buy these regularly so it will surely go to good use!  Thanks Skinny Cow!

Win #179!

BARNEY IS A DINOSAUR FROM OUR IMAGINATION!!!!

Yeah it's like that at my house sometimes, my son never liked Barney when he was younger but my daughter found a close companion in Barney and she's glued whenever he's on!  2 boys+1 Girl = 1 crazy Mom was kind enough to host a Barney DVD giveaway!  I love winning DVD's by the way, not many people enter to win them so I do score a ton of them and it helps increase the number of shows we can play in the car as well as new movies to keep the kids busy on a Friday movie night.

Thanks to 1 Crazy Mom and to the makers of barney too!

Win #178

A huge thanks to Mom Always Finds Out!  I scored a credit to Florsheim, so I can pick out a great pair of shoes for my little man!  I still am on the fence between two pairs but I haven't gotten the email with the credit code from the sponsor yet so I have time to mull it over!

#177 Win

I said it before and I'll say it again; "I love me some Dandy Giveaways!"  These are super low entry and I really don't know how they are either, they are an established blog and they have great prizes too!  I scored a pair of Faded Days sunglasses, my choice, so I got pink!

If you're looking for low entry easy entry giveaways this is for sure the best place to go!

Update:  I requested the pink version of these glasses, im putting together an 80's ladies night for my girls and I wanted to save these for my outfit!  They are great, just what I was looking for!  Not to mention the prize was awarded in less than a week, talk about fast delivery.  The glasses are a bit lighter than I like because I have kids and kids destroy everything, I fear that they might not last as long as i'd like but I will try to covet them and keep them out of my monsters grasps.

Win #176!

I think I mentioned a few posts ago about some of the blogs that still run their contests the old fashioned way.  That is... That they require a ton of individual comments for each method of entry instead of a form.  The great this about this is that is doesn't have a lot of entrants and your odds are better, the bad thing is you have to spend a lot of time entering all the comments and it always tells me I am posting too fast and I have to slow down, grrrrr.

So the bragging mommy is one of those blogs that has those giveaways still, I happen to score a sweet bubble bum car seat booster, this will not go to waste, i was totally in the market!

Thanks bubble bum and thanks Bragging Mommy!

Win Number 175!

Thanks to my favorite blog: Funkymonkey for all the great easy giveaways!  I scored one of five Klean-grips they were giving away, I can't wait to use this, my daughter is always mouthing the cart and I can't stand it!  I just wish these came out sooner I could have used it with my son!

Update: We received this super fast!  I actually shared this giveaway on my Facebook because I wish this was something I had years ago for my babies.  I got the beautiful pool color and got a compliment already on it!  Also im siked to not have to wipe my cart off before I touch it as I now have this handy dandy contraption.  overall I love it!